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Originally Posted by steamwhistle
So far, they've only put out figures which were previously re-issued in the Encore and/or Commemorative series.
I am skeptical about seeing a full release of the 1984 & 1985 figures. I wish though...
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If you look at the G1 reissues from Hasbro so far they just follows what TakaraTomy did, and it was not even close. We will be lucky if we ever see reissues from the Japanese eHobby exclusives G1, the Takara book-style collector's edition and the TakaraTomy Encore lines that haven't officially released here like Metroplex, Sky Lynx, Bruticus, etc. Also, characters like Thundercracker, Skywarp, Hound, Rachel, Ironhide, etc. may be the candidates for the next batch(es) if Hasbro deem this wave a success since they were done before.
The only ones that don't fit this pattern are the Seacons sets from TFCC and BBTS (?) a few years ago, and the cassette tapes bundled with this year SDCC Bumblebee and the upcoming VW Beetle Bumblebee exclusives.
So, it is not totally unfeasibble to see something new from Hasbro in the future, but I am not holding my breath for something like G1 Dinobots, Mirage, etc. I can't see Hasbro venture into these alone w/o preexisting (modified) molds from TakaraTomy. I will also not expect G1 Megatron (a gun, probably not), long smoke stacks Optimus (US toys safety law), Jetfire (no license from Bandai/Big West), etc.
